Dr. Olusegun (Segun) Fadare is a Lecturer in Development Economics in the Livelihoods and Institutions Department at  NRI. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and an MSc and a PhD in Agricultural and Food Economics from the University of Reading. He conducts interdisciplinary research, primarily focusing on conflict and fragility, food and nutrition security, agriculture and rural livelihoods, relational and interpersonal violence, and governance and institutions.

Following his doctoral research on the impact of conflicts on agricultural livelihoods outcomes and resilience, he joined NRI as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in October 2023, contributing to the ESRC-funded research project titled “Causal Pathways from Violent Conflict to Violence Against Children: Evidence from Multi-Country Secondary Data,” led by Professor Tilman Brück. On the project, he is actively involved in investigating the causal pathways linking political violence to violence against children in Africa, using multi-country household surveys data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) and global georeferenced conflict data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).

Prior to joining NRI, Segun was an Associate Lecturer in the Agri-Food Economics and Marketing Department, University of Reading, where he also held a Research Assistant role on several UKRI-funded projects, contributing to research on agriculture-nutrition in India and Nepal, and computational text analysis of soybean supply chain policies in Brazil under the Trade Hub Initiative. He was also previously a Research Analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Nigeria for six years, where he led major research projects, coordinated fieldwork, supervised IFPRI-Nigeria interns and local collaborators, and was involved in knowledge dissemination and capacity building.

He has also previously served as a co-investigator in collaborative research under the Agricultural and Food Policy Analysis for Nutrition Outcomes in Africa (AFPON) Project, supported by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2018.

Through teaching and research, he aims to advance knowledge and policy measures that improve economic conditions and well-being for people in vulnerable locations.

Journal articles

• Akerele, D., Fadare, O., Ogunniyi, A., Adeyemi, O., and Rufai, M. (2024). Effects of Food Price Changes on Child Undernutrition among Agricultural Households in Nigeria. World Development Sustainability, 100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100158
• Fadare, O., Srinivasan, C., and Zanello, G. (2024). Livestock diversification mitigates the impact of farmer-herder conflicts on animal-source foods consumption in Nigeria. Food Policy, 122, 102586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102586
• Begho, T., and Fadare, O. (2023). Does household food waste prevention and reduction depend on bundled motivation and food management practices?. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 11, 100142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100142.
• Cassimon, D., Fadare, O., and Mavrotas, G. (2023) The impact of food aid and governance on food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainability, 15 (2), pp. 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021417
• Fadare, O., Zanello, G., and Srinivasan, C. (2023) Stressor or succour? Examining the association between conflict, livestock assets, and farmers’ mental health in Nigeria. Economics & Human Biology, 49, pp. 101234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101234 
• Fadare, O., Zanello, G., and Srinivasan, C. (2022) The joint effects of terrorism and land access on livestock production decisions: Evidence from northern Nigeria. World Development Perspectives, 27, pp. 100447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100447
• Begho, T., Odeniyi, K., and Fadare, O. (2022) Toward acceptance of future foods: the role of trust and perception in consumption intentions of plant-based meat alternatives. British Food Journal. 125 (7), pp. 2392-2406. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-07-2022-0583
• Cassimon, D., Fadare, O., and Mavrotas, G. (2022) The combined effect of institutional quality and capital flows on food and nutrition security and undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE 17 (10), pp. e0275345. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275345
• Cassimon, D., Fadare, O., and Mavrotas, G. (2021) Development finance, governance quality and their impact on food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. Review of Development Finance, 11 (2), pp. 1-17. https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1859590151162165141
• Ogunniyi, A.I., Mavrotas, G., Olagunju, K.O., Fadare, O., and Adedoyin, R. (2020). Governance quality, remittances and their implications for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 127, pp. 104752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.10475
• Fadare, O., Amare, M., Mavrotas, G., Akerele, D., and Ogunniyi, A. (2019) Mother’s nutrition-related knowledge and child nutrition outcomes: Empirical evidence from Nigeria. PLoS ONE, 14 (2), pp. e0212775. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212775
• Fadare, O., Mavrotas, G., Akerele, D., and Oyeyemi, M. (2019) Micronutrient-rich food consumption, intra-household food allocation and child stunting in rural Nigeria. Public Health Nutrition, 22 (3), pp. 444-454. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018003075
• Amare, M., Benson, T., Fadare, O., and Oyeyemi, M. (2018) Study of the determinants of chronic malnutrition in northern Nigeria: Evidence from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 39 (2), pp. 296-314.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118768568
• Akerele, D., Sanusi, R.A., Fadare, O., and Ashaolu, O.F. (2017) Factors influencing nutritional adequacy among rural households in Nigeria: how does dietary diversity stand among influencers? Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 56 (2), pp. 187-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2017.1281127

Book Chapter

• Adebayo, O., Mistura, R., Mavrotas, G., Olagunju, K., Kabir, S.K., and Fadare, O. (2020) Delving Deeper into Child Poverty and its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multidimensional Approach for Nigeria. In: Lawson, D., Angemi, D., and Kasirye, I. (eds.) What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children: From Measurement to Action. Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing, pp. 95-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780448572.

Working papers

• Cassimon, D., Fadare, O., & Mavrotas, G. (2024). Delving deeper into the food security-development finance-governance quality nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa (No. 55). Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB). https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:23510
• Benson, T., Amare, M., Oyeyemi, M., and Fadare, O. (2017) Study of the determinants of chronic malnutrition in northern Nigeria: Qualitative evidence from Kebbi and Bauchi States. NSSP Working Paper. No.44. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/131440/filename/131650.pdf
• Kuku-shittu, O., Onabanjo, O., Fadare, O., and Oyeyemi, M. (2016). Determinants of child malnutrition in Nigeria. NSSP Working Paper. No.33. https://nssp.ifpri.info/files/2016/08/NSSP-WP-33-Child-Malnutrition-in-Nigeria_July-2016.pdf

Dr. Fadare’s research interests and expertise lie at the intersection of agricultural and development economics, particularly as they relate to the welfare of women and children in areas vulnerable to conflict and climate change. He works extensively with both macro and micro data, including administrative and geospatial data, to investigate complex development issues.

His research is situated within the Climate Change, Gender & Social Differences research groups, where he is involved in various research initiatives. Segun’s recent research provides empirical evidence from longitudinal studies on adapting livestock-based livelihoods to enhance food security, nutrition, and mental health in conflict-affected communities. Currently, as part of a UKRI-funded project at NRI, he is investigating the causal pathways linking political violence to violence against children using multi-country secondary data. This project underscores the potential for long-term impact by informing policies that address the ripple effects of conflict on children and young people.

His future work will further explore the following key research themes:

• Food and nutrition security
• Agriculture and rural livelihoods
• Relational and interpersonal violence
• Governance and institutions
• Conflict and fragility
• Impact analysis

2023-2025. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - Secondary Data Initiative. Project Title: Causal pathways from violent conflict to violence against children: Evidence from multi-country secondary data.

This research examines the mechanisms linking political violence to violence against children (VAC) using high-quality data from ten countries across sub-Saharan Africa. It will develop conceptual models, identify risk factors, and simulate policy interventions to inform effective prevention strategies. The project will also engage in research dissemination and knowledge exchange activities, involving key stakeholders such as UNICEF, CDC, SVRI, Together for Girls, and Amnesty International to maximize policy impact.

2018-2020. Collaborative research of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) for the Agricultural and Food Policy Analysis for Nutrition Outcomes in Africa (AFPON) Project, supported by the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation. Project Title: Effects of food price shocks on child undernutrition among agricultural households in Nigeria.

This project produced a working paper for the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and a journal article in World Development Sustainability.